00:01A French aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation
00:08for a potential mission as part of a plan for the Strait of Hormuz, led by France and Britain.
00:15The French forces announced on Wednesday that the repositioning of the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle is the later stage
00:22of a Middle East deployment.
00:24The move puts France's only career closer to the Persian Gulf, Chalk Point, where a fifth of the world's oil
00:31anomaly transits and where Iran has effectively halted commercial traffic since early March.
00:37The wider Hormuz coalition was drawn up by France, Britain and more than 50 nations.
00:42However, Colonel Guillaume Vernet, spokesman for the French Armed Forces Chief of Staff, stressed that the coalition will not begin
00:52operating until two thresholds are cleared.
00:55First, the threat to shipping must come down and the maritime industry must be reassured enough to use the Strait.
01:02Second, any operation would require the agreement of neighbouring countries.
01:07The Charles de Gaulle carries around 20 Rafale fighter jets and is escorted by eight frigates.
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